Elk County Catholic High School - Memories Yearbook (St Marys, PA)

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,,N,.,..,,,. A 5? 1-fsss.?r.ts-5:15-as-eff.g1:yvl'www.ff, f' . .'.v'i'f5'f 5 '- - ' EL 69 in - U.. jx. I. , ' . in 'W ay i leading man of the United States of America, President Calvin Coolidge, when he said: Unless our halls of learning are real temples which are to be approached by our youths in an attitude of reverence, consecrated by worship of the truth, they will end in a delusion. The information that is acquired in them will simply provide a greater capacity for evil. Our institutions for learning must be dedicated to a higher purpose. The life of our nation must rise to a higher realm. There is something more in learning and something more in life than a mere knowledge of science, a mere striving for place and power. Our schools and colleges will fail in duty to their students unless they are able to inspire in them a broader understanding of the spiritual meaning of science, of literature and of the arts. If our graduates are not inspired with these ideals, our educational institutions have failed in their most important functions and the people will be lacking in true culture. J ' K Unless our scholarship, however brilliant, is to be 'barren and sterile, leading toward pessimism, more emphasis must be given to the development of our moral power. Our colleges must teach not only science but character. We must maintain a stronger, firmer grasp on the principles declared in the Psalms -of David and re- echoed in the Proverbs of Solomon, 'The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. ' p y ' ' ' ' - jane E. scrum, 'za I L F. - ln Memory She was a kitten small, With fur so soft and fine And every time she strayed away, The mice had a jolly time. , She often watched in quet of prey, Or even a careless fly, And many a victim met its doom, When detected by her eye. One morning after running about, And nearly out of breath, A cruel car ran over puss, And so she met her death. -George E. Fischer, '28 ss - . e ii ,

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-,A ... , .. .Ac --v-. ...,,,, X X. Il I 'V' V ., Y, t --,-, e 1--. f Y 'A -T-Z-tfim 064' V- f T ' me 'wg -'vi me-Wa-, as-f i 'K 1 , - Ji i NL ' H ' g i xxaa. Value of Education N LARGE communities the cause of education has never failed to hold a very high place. The people in their daily life give their first thought to religious worship, but in the affairs of government, eduration has come to be predomif nant. The importance attached to it is signified by the large proportion of money which is devoted to its support. In the country at large, it is probable that threeffifths of all local taxes are expended directly or indirectly for education. We hear very little criticism of the amount of money that is used for this purpose, but it is undoubtedly well from time to time to make a careful investigation of this very large item, not so much to at' tempt to reduce it as to make certain that all wants are eliminated and that the comf munity is securing full value in return for its large outlays. No progressive community can afford to neglect the education of its people. Considered on the basis of economics, their development depends very largely on their scientific learning and skill with which the efforts are directed. It is impossible for any community to hold its place in modern society unless it is fully equipped in the educational field of arts and sciences and researches. p There has been a longfstanding controversy over the question of what constitutes an institution of learning, especially a college. Some contend it is the trustees, others the faculty, still others the student body. But there is yet another element which has come to be all important in modern scholarship. That is the library. Wliile the teacher is the instrumentality and directing force, to a very large extent, for the training of youths and the diffusion of knowledge, books are, after all, the repository of learning. Without them the wide scope of scholarship would, of course, be entirely impossible, and no college would feel itself adequately equipped for the best service which was not provided with a well chosen and extensive library. Books not only contain the priceless records of the past, but they are, to a large extent, the hope of the future. By means of them we have revealed to us the inf ventions and discoveries of science, the beauties of poetry and the imperishable thoughts of the mastermind of all ages. A liberal education may begin in the class room, but it will scarcely rise above the ordinary, unless it is extended into the library and by that means broaden into the practical experience of life. Let us take Abraham Lincoln for example. It is well known that in his early life he had little opportunity to come in contact with books. While it is true that there is a very large field of education that lies entirely outside of books, yet books are the foundation of all education. It is said that Lincoln walked many miles to borrow a book, and the few which he had, he studied until he mastered them. No one could have become the great master of English that he was, the author of the Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Second Inaugural Address, without a profound acquaintance with books. There is yet another element which must, by all means, be considered when speaking of our present day education and that is Religion. The idea of giving ref ligion a more prominent place in the curriculum has been emphatically expressed by the 2 3

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X vm If X 'fx 1714 W .,,,,- . . . ,W X, v , f - ' f 'LJ-1 4'- c - a-1- if? , -:isiqw The Value of Prayer N A COLD winter's night as the Blakes were sitting around the fire, they all clamored for a story from their Uncle joe who was visiting them. A story, he said, why, certainly, but what kind do you want? Any kind, answered Mary. All right, here is one that impressed me considerably when I read it a few weeks ago. High up in the Alps, nestled among the mountains is the small village of Sharing. Grand mountain peaks and beautiful lakes surround it making it always a picture of beauty and magnicance. -One of the most prominent families in Sharing, the Bert' rams, had arrived in this town twenty years previously. Richard Bertram, then a young man, had been sent there with his wife and baby daughter, by a prominent English concern, to make an agreement with the inhabitants to buy their art goods, for which the village was famous. He became a great favorite and the people not only sold him their collections but promised him all that they would make in the future. 'The company then established him there, and he soon became as one of the inhabitants. Two years had happily passed here when his wife suddenly took sick and before she could be taken to a specialist, she died. Richard Bertram was inconsolable, and grieved her loss constantly. From that time he was a changed man. He gave up the practice of his religion, in which he had always been a devout and pious worshipper, and shunned the companionship of his friends. He hired a housekeeper, to take care of his small daughter and left everything in her hands. He bothered little with anything or anyone, and became known as 'Old Man Bertram, the Crankf When Alice Bertram, the daughter, had grown to young womanhood she married and became the mother of a small son, who was her chief companion, as her husband spent a great part of his time away on business. Her father lived with her also, but he paid little attention to her affairs unless to criticize them. Alice had often tried to persuade him to return to his religion, but had only received a surly answer or no answer at all. One day while james Holmes, Alice's husband, was absent and her father was in one of his most cranky moods, the baby was taken sick and for almost a week was in a raging fever. Then the sickness conquered the baby's feeble strength and the 1nother's desperate efforts and killed the child. But Mrs. Holmes' sorrows were not to end there for that same day she received word that her husband was killed in an accident. For two days she was uncomprehending and could not seem to understand the grief that had befallen her. Her father, although he gave her no sympathy, silently watched her and wondered how she would bear this, her greatest sorrow. She had always told him that by trusting in God and by being resigned to His Holy Will, the trials and sorrows of life become lighter. The third day after these calamities had befallen Alice, she again took an active part in her housework and found much time to pray to God for courage and strength. In her prayers she always added a fervent petition for her father's conversion. One day he told her that he had formerly thought she was talking from inexperience when she told him to offer his sufferings to God, but now he was fully convinced that she had spoken sincerely, for had she not gone through a similar struggle to E